"Nik" wrote in message
ups.com...
While surfing in 2003, when I lived in Wilmington, NC saw a Pitts
flying about 20 feet high and 200-300 feet from the shore, probably
doing around 100kts. How legal was he? Do have any nice experiences
about Beach Runs?

100 knots can be perfectly legal.

200-300 feet from shore can be perfectly legal.

20 feet high can be perfectly legal.

The speed is entirely irrelevant here. Given that he was over water, his
height is probably irrelevant, unless he came within 500' of any boats or
people on the water. The biggest question is whether at 200-300 feet from
the shore, he came within 500' of an object on the land (and of course, a
related question is whether you have any good reason for trusting your
estimate of 200-300 feet).

Pete